…medium Daniel Douglas Home in his own house, subject to his controls and at times of his choosing, and observed by trusted family members and associates. Crookes divides the phenomena into different types. Sounds Crookes finds Kate to be more productive of sounds than any medium he has ever encountered….
…one before, and so on. Others home straight in on the most significant item of information connected with object. In a face-to-face encounter the psychometrist might first take the sitter’s hand, if the purpose is to demonstrate his or her powers by telling the sitter details of his past life…
…down; the experience of seeing the physical body from another location in space; and perceptions of events that the patient could not have perceived or guessed normally.4Cook [Kelly], Greyson, & Stevenson (1998), Kelly, Greyson, & Stevenson (1999–2000). A fourth feature of NDEs suggestive of survival is the encounter with deceased…
…Cranshaw was born near Woolwich, London, on 1 Oct 1900. Her parents were James Henry Cronshaw and Elizabeth Eleanor Best. She was employed as a nurse during the first period of mediumship tests, later as an office secretary. Cranshaw became involved in mediumship after a chance encounter on a train…
…either that Ariel’s phenomena were fraudulent or that his investigators had committed some kind of error which they were determined to uncover. Previous encounters with members of that latter group had been unpleasant and inhibiting for Ariel. So further requests from that group were indefinitely delayed. On the other hand,…
This article surveys the investigative literature on precognition, giving examples of reported cases and describing the views and conclusions of individual researchers from the 1880s to the present day. Introduction Precognition – the appearance or acquisition of non-inferential information or impressions of the future – holds a special place among…
…wanted to hold onto all that we have brought with us. In the preface to his first book with Rosemarie Anderson, a friend and colleague,4Braud & Anderson (1998). Braud expressed gratitude for the ‘number and diversity of the research approaches encountered at different points in my career’.5Braud & Anderson (1998),…
…head telling her to scrap the ‘silly letter’ and instead go to her mother at once and tell her to ‘stop all that ridiculous mourning’. She hesitated, but eventually visited the mother, who gratefully accepted the message.7Heywood (1964/1978), 163-7. In another instance, she encountered the apparition of a friend who…
…Jule Eisenbud in his book The World of Ted Serios (1967/1989). Introduction The term ‘thoughtography’ was introduced in 1910 by Tomokichi Fukurai, a Japanese psychology professor who encountered the phenomenon accidentally, while working with a clairvoyant.1Fukurai (1931). He conducted some interesting experiments, but his work was severely criticized, and eventually…
